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Thursday, July 12, 2012

AZMEX POLICY 6-7-12

AZMEX POLICY 6 JUL 2012

Mexico asks UN to regulate arms trade

POLICE • 6 JULY 2012 - 11:39 AM - LORENA LOPEZ

This is to prevent their diversion to the illicit market, and that while the use of weapons by states is a necessity, trade and use can not be with no international legal responsibilities.

Mexico City • Mexico asked the UN to regulate the arms trade to prevent their diversion to illicit markets accountable to producers, traders and end users and include all conventional weapons, parts, components, ammunition and technology.

By participating in the UN Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT for its acronym in English) held in New York, the Mexican representatives expressed the view that although access and use of weapons by States is a necessity, trade and use can not occur without any international legal responsibilities.

For Mexico, "the regulation of international arms trade will be effective to the extent that the international community address the problem of diversion of weapons to the illicit market" and the Treaty must prevent diversion and misuse of weapons and "can not be a statement of good intentions ", but to establish legal obligations and rights for all its parts.

The international community has negotiated over the past six years international regulations on arms sales, while the basis for international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons are based on resolutions of the UN General Assembly.

"Mexico attaches great importance to the adoption of a treaty with high standards and a broad scope to bring the shared responsibility of producers, traders and end users, and in regard to the inclusion of all conventional weapons, their parts, components, ammunition and technology, "the Foreign Ministry.

"In a world that regulates trade in all goods, to date there is no regulatory scheme for products that are designed and produced for the sole purpose of causing harm. This reality is ethically wrong, Mexico considers regulation essential for the international transfer of conventional arms which is the biggest business in the world, " they said.

Peña Nieto supports new drug strategy debate

The virtual winner of the elections emphasized curb the crime wave in Mexico

Agencies / Photo: Cuartoscuro

http://colorelectoral.excelsior.com.mx/nota/q/846204

BOGOTA, July 6. - Given the limited progress of current policies should open a debate on new strategies to combat illicit drugs, today told Radio Caracol the virtual winner of the presidential elections in Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto.

In an interview with Colombian radio station, the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said that after an assessment of the years of struggle against drug trafficking, it is concluded that "today there are more drug production and consumption" in the world.

"Failed strategy and the mechanisms that governments have continued to" organized crime and drug trafficking and "it is clear that no positive results. Let us open a debate, define new strategies," he said.

He was therefore "in favor of more dialogue, a new debate in the hemisphere that we have and where the U.S. (as a country consumer) is key in the position to take."

Peña Nieto was opposed to the legalization of drugs because "I am not convinced about the arguments that have been advanced, I think it is access to higher consumption."

He admitted that organized crime has left a large number of deaths in Mexico, so that "the main objective will be to reduce violence" internally.

"Unfortunately, Mexico in recent years in this war, or in this fight against organized crime, drug trafficking, has led to a very high number of deaths in our country, over 50 thousand," he said.

According to Peña Nieto, "society is frightened and why we need to emphasize the strategy to reduce violence and fight three types of offenses are those that generate more violence: murder, kidnapping and extortion."

He clarified that "does not mean changing what has been done" in fighting crime, "means to broaden the spectrum to where we need to get, because this is what social support to the policy on security we are following."

"When a policy does not show results in society, hardly has the backing and support and that is what we have to achieve," he said.

Considered to be "halt and end the descent into this wave of crime we have in our country," for which he reiterated, will be advised of the former police chief of Colombia, General Oscar Naranjo.

General Naranjo makes recommendations to the PRI

The former director of the Colombian police said Friday that its recommendations to the future president is the creation of mixed assault groups to combat not only drug traffickers but gangs of thugs.

He said it is advisable to set a goal of reducing violence in the first 100 days of the presidency, a reduction that is achieved by focusing or concentrating on the regions of greatest conflict.

Naranjo, an external consultant Peña Nieto on security issues and combating organized crime, said in an interview that the shock groups may consist of units of the army, navy, police and serve to seek and find " high-value targets "or the most wanted drug traffickers.